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“ALMOST like a call to come in”On a scientific note, it seems songbirds of a similar size can have very different size eyes (the eyes of the European robin are much larger than those of the chaffinch enabling the robin to sing much later into the evening). It sounds like Frost's thrush has large eyes – all the better to keep lusty rivals and wandering poets at bay!

Your bird knowledge far exceeds mine -- thank you for the information. Your comment prompted me to do some quick research, and I discovered that the Official Vermont State Bird is the hermit thrush. Given the fact that Frost lived in Vermont for much of his life, perhaps it was a hermit thrush asking him to 'come in'?